Developing Leaders of Growth: 5 Leadership Success Factors for Fast Growth

Developing Leaders of Growth:

5 Critical Factors for Driving Double/Triple Digit Growth

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Power Question

5 Growth Myths

5 Success Factors

Power Question

5 Growth Myths

5 Success Factors

Felix Lluberes,

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Josh Phillips,

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Business Needs Employees’ Needs

Andrew Field,CEO/President,

PrintForLess.com

Forest

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Trees

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Dean Parker,

Founder, Callis

Right people … right bus …

right seats … right timing

Matt Grebel,

Three Twins Ice Cream

Keeping the

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Power Question

5 Growth Myths

5 Success Factors

Myth 1

Myth 2

Myth 3

Myth 4

Myth 5

Power Question

5 Growth Myths

5 Success Factors

Do you have

what it takes

to drive

growth?

Lead Alignment

Lead Culture

Lead TalentLead Thru

Pitfalls

Lead Growth

Growth Factor #1:

Leading Growth

“Life is not about finding

yourself. Life is about

creating yourself.Bernard Shaw

“

Leading Growth

“Growth” mindset

Vision

Accountability

Strategic thinking

Execution

Leadership Capacity

Mission & Vision

Identity

Beliefs & Values

Capabilities

Behavior

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1. “I am at cause for all the outcomes in my life.”

2. “People have all (inner) resources they need to

succeed. Set them up for success.”

3. “There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.”

4. “People respond to their perception of reality, NOT

to reality itself.”

5. “People are not their behaviors.”

Effective

Delegation …

The skill that makes the

difference

Internal Blocks Symptoms

PerfectionismYou believe only you can do it to your level of expectations.

Enjoyment You enjoy them, get satisfaction from them.

Not Valuing Your TimeNot conscious of the $ value of your time and what $ company is losing by not delegating

Fear of Loss of Control Need to know/control all the details.

External Blocks Symptoms

Your level of competency Feels wrong/weird to delegate it.

Not Having Necessary SkillsNot knowing difference between dumping, telling and delegating. Not understanding all aspects that impact delegation effectiveness.

Internal Blocks

Perfectionism

Enjoyment

Not Valuing Your Time

Fear of Loss of Control

External Blocks

Competency Blocks

Not Having Necessary Skills

Growth Factor #2:

Leading Alignment

Leading Alignment

Eliminating constraints

Vertical alignment

“Holistic” decision making

Managing “intersections”

Leading company question

Growth Factor #3:

Leading Culture

Leading Culture

Behavior goals

Living the values

People practices

Results accountability

Joint ownership

Growth Factor #4:

Leading Talent

Leading Talent

Leaders as Change Agents

Management capabilities

People practices

Letting go of under-performers

“Stop doing” list

Growth Factor #5:

Leading Thru Pitfalls

“One of the tests of leadership

is the ability to

recognize a problem before it

becomes an emergency.

Andrew Glasglow

“

Leading Thru Pitfalls

Pacing change

Challenging assumptions

Adapting to outside changes

Learning from the past

Minimizing risks

Discussion

Power Question

5 Growth Myths

5 Success Factors

“Your company grows only as quickly as your

leadership capacity does.”

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